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Channel Tunnel

Channel Tunnel proper noun: the man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.

channel tunnel: the man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France
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Proper noun

the Channel Tunnel

  1. The man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.
    • Prospects for the construction of a Channel tunnel now appear to be brighter than they have been for some time.1960 March, “The Channel Tunnel Scheme”, in Railway Magazine, page 148
    Synonyms:
    Chunnel, Eurotunnel

Synonyms of Channel Tunnel

Origin of Channel Tunnel

From Channel (English Channel) + tunnel.

Questions about Channel Tunnel

What does Channel Tunnel mean?
Channel Tunnel means the man-made tunnel under the English Channel joining England and France.
What part of speech is Channel Tunnel?
Channel Tunnel is a proper noun.

Words near Channel Tunnel in the dictionary

  1. channel stuffing
  2. channel surf
  3. channel surfed
  4. channel surfing
  5. channel surfs
  6. Channel Tunnel
  7. channel-bill cuckoo
  8. channel-bill cuckoos
  9. channel-billed cuckoo
  10. channel-billed cuckoos
  11. channel-hop

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